Surfing

I'm glad I get to try this popular sport in Australia, surfing. Not only that, I get to learn it for free! I guess it's my lucky year, before I came to Australia, I won some 200 dollar voucher for furniture which I didn't had a chance to use, then I survived a deadly fall off the rock wall. Next, during my orientation week, I won the first price, which is a 2 day 2 night surf camp! Lucky me :)

We were brought to this private beach far far away which had no reception from the outside world. I think everyone else who signed up paid for this trip and were all in their cliques, so it was kinda hard to blend in with them. Nonetheless, it was awesome experience picking up something new!


This trip was during winter, when we haven't been out in the sun for darn long. It feels even better when we get to soak up the sun! Surfing really isn't an easy task! Especially during winter. The first day had no sun and it was freaking cold! While the second day was sunny, the waves were much stronger which makes it hard to get through the waves. For me, I find it really tough to walk my surf board to the wavy part of the sea, as the current is like 1000 times stronger than what we have in our wave pool. Then after all the effort to get there, we get washed back in a split second after catching the wave. If u get it right, u get to stand up on the board to enjoy a few moments of glory. If not u get hit down into the currents. I managed to stand for only a while with the help of the instructor's guidance.




Towards the end of the camp, I got lazy and decided to just chill on the beach and take some pics.

Some time later, I got a chance to surf again! Our hall organized a free surf session for us internationals. Unfortunately, we were late and didn't get to take the wet suits. The surfboards provided were rough and nasty which induce so much pain when it hit you! After a few tries, I decided to call it a day.